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tm_devices: Test & Measurement Device Management

tm_devices is a device management package which allows for better control and usage of Test & Measurement devices in python scripts. This is accomplished by using the PyVISA package to manage connections and communication with devices. tm_devices gives users access to a much higher level abstraction of device control by providing access to device drivers with a complete Python API.

Dependencies

tm_devices can be used without any external (non-python) dependencies on any operating system thanks to the PyVISA-py VISA backend. However, in order to use any VISA functionality that PyVISA-py does not implement, a third-party VISA backend such as TekVISA (>=4.2.0) or NI-VISA can be installed. tm_devices will use an available VISA backend if one is found and will fall back to using PyVISA-py if no other VISA backends are installed.

Installation

pip install tm_devices

Basic Usage

Print Available VISA Devices

$ list-visa-resources
[
  "TCPIP0::192.168.0.1::inst0::INSTR",
  "ASRL4::INSTR"
]

Basic Script

from tm_devices import DeviceManager

with DeviceManager() as device_manager:
    scope = device_manager.add_scope("192.168.0.1")
    scope.query("*IDN?")
    print(scope)

Supported Devices & Software Solutions

Tip

Visit the Glossary to see definitions for all symbols and abbreviations.

Device Support Levels

Type	Series/Model	Command Type	Basic Control	Python API Validation Status
AFGs	AFG3000	PI	✅
	AFG31xxx	PI	✅
AWGs	AWG5000	PI	✅
	AWG5200	PI	✅
	AWG7000	PI	✅	✅
	AWG70000	PI	✅	✅
Scopes	2 Series MSO	PI	✅	✅
	3 Series MDO	PI	✅	✅
	4 Series MSO	PI	✅	✅
	4 Series B MSO	PI	✅	✅
	5 Series MSO	PI	✅	✅
	5 Series B MSO	PI	✅	✅
	5 Series MSO (LP)	PI	✅	✅
	6 Series MSO	PI	✅	✅
	6 Series B MSO	PI	✅	✅
	6 Series LPD	PI	✅	✅
	7 Series DPO ⭐ NEW ⭐	PI	✅	✅
	MSO2000/B	PI	✅
	DPO2000/B	PI	✅
	MDO3000	PI	✅	✅
	MDO4000/B/C	PI	✅	✅
	MSO4000/B	PI	✅	✅
	DPO4000/B	PI	✅	✅
	MSO5000/B	PI	✅	✅
	DPO5000/B	PI	✅	✅
	DPO7000/C	PI	✅	✅
	DPO70000/C/D/DX/SX	PI	✅	✅
	DSA70000/C/D	PI	✅	✅
	MSO70000/C/DX	PI	✅	✅
	TSOVu	PI	✅
	TekScope	PI	✅	✅
PSUs	2200	PI	✅
	2220	PI	✅
	2230	PI	✅
	2231	PI	✅
	2280S	PI	✅
	2281S	PI	✅
SMUs	24xx Standard	PI	✅
	24xx Interactive	TSP	✅	✅
	26xxB	TSP	✅	🚧
	2636B	TSP	✅	✅
	Model 2601B-PULSE	TSP	✅
	Model 2606B	TSP	✅	🚧
	2651A	TSP	✅	✅
	2657A	TSP	✅
	6430 (electrometer)	PI	✅
	6514 (electrometer)	PI	✅
	6517B (electrometer)	PI	✅
MTs	TMT4	API	✅
DMMs	DMM6500	TSP	✅
	DMM7510	TSP	✅
	DMM7512	TSP	✅
DAQs	DAQ6510	TSP	✅
SSs	3706A	TSP	✅
MFs	MP5000 Series ⭐ NEW ⭐	TSP	✅	🚧

Mainframe Module Support Levels

Module	Applicable Mainframes	Command Type	Basic Control	Python API Validation Status
MPSU50-2ST	MP5000 Series	TSP	✅	🚧
MSMU60-2	MP5000 Series	TSP	✅	🚧

Software Solution Support Levels

Software Solution	Command Type	Basic Control	Python API Validation Status
DPOJET	PI	✅	✅
SourceXpress	PI	✅	✅

Supported Connections

• REST API
• VISA (TekVISA, NI-VISA and PyVISA-py)
  • TCPIP
  • ASRL / Serial / RS-232 / RS-485
  • SOCKET
  • USBTMC (no PyVISA-py support)
  • GPIB (no PyVISA-py support)

Documentation

See the full documentation at https://tm-devices.readthedocs.io/stable/

Maintainers

Before reaching out to any maintainers directly, please first check if your issue or question is already covered by any open issues. If the issue or question you have is not already covered, please file a new issue or start a discussion and the maintainers will review and respond there.

• tmdevicessupport@tektronix.com - For technical support and questions.
• opensource@tektronix.com - For open-source policy and license questions.

Contributing

Interested in contributing? Check out the contributing guidelines. Please note that this project is released with a Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

License

tm_devices was created by Tektronix. It is licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0.

Security

The signatures of the files uploaded to PyPI and each GitHub Release can be verified using the GitHub CLI attestation verify command. The artifact attestations can also be directly downloaded from the GitHub repo attestations page if desired.

gh attestation verify --owner tektronix <file>

Credits

tm_devices was created with cookiecutter and the py-pkgs-cookiecutter template.